This is an excellent article, Jonathan. I suffered with OCD and other anxiety disorders in my late teens and 20s after a traumatic and abusive upbringing. What a nightmare... and I didn't take meds - tried for a short time and hated how they made me feel. Never took anything like that again.

Eventually, I got rid of it (and the anorexia, addiction, agoraphobia etc.) with my healing journey - healing the childhood stuff, plus understanding the relationship between thoughts and feelings, looking at the roots of the underlying anxiety etc.

It's so good that you write these articles and open up the conversation. And you discuss in a way that is calming and accepting, which is so helpful to people who are already feeling flawed and defective.

Thank you for another terrific article.